Terminal Clerks for Big Strike
The vote is underway among 3000 clerks of the New Haven system on a strike over pay and vacation terms. Management refused a 25 cent daily raise and 15 days' unpaid vacation annually.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
10
The vote is underway among 3000 clerks of the New Haven system on a strike over pay and vacation terms. Management refused a 25 cent daily raise and 15 days' unpaid vacation annually.
First batch of ballots from the Boston Terminal division showed 893 in favor and four against the call for a general strike. No conference occurred at South station with H J Horn and clerk representatives. Horn Pollock and Woodward shifted plans after learning warrants were issued over the Westport train wreck. The clerks’ adjustment board and officers arranged a conference at New Haven. International VP J J Forrester will travel to New Haven today.
Anxiety grips Winchester over the disappearance of Albert Hudson 28 of 17 Thompson Street since Oct 18 when he left for Haverhill on business for Chadwick Carr of Boston. His wife with four young children has been left in grief and distress after no word is received.
The Sunday edition features sample menus for the week and a collection of favored New England household recipes. Readers can find dishes and cooking tips from local housewives, offering practical meal ideas and familiar flavors.
The year end passes without peace in the near East or progress in the St. James Palace negotiations. Turkish status talks have largely been settled by the great powers outside the council chamber, with limited formal conclusions.
Allies push Turkey for concessions while powers balk at terms, with a Balkan ultimatum draft ready if needed. Bulgaria faces jealousy as dissensions rise. The Russian and French ambassadors hold talks amid Triple Entente shifts. Adrianople reports scarce rations and a tentative armistice amid bombardment.
Frank Chance former Chicago NL manager will leave Glendora California January 4 and meet Frank H Farrell of the New York Americans January 7 in Chicago to discuss a possible offer for Chance's services next season.
Three Atlantic City residents were rescued from a small dory after their power boat Elsie foundered in a December storm. They had set out Thursday to view the Turrial Ba off Brigantine Shoals, after storms drove them to sea and left the engine dead. They were picked up by the Wyoma at Ship's Bottom lifesaving station.
North Dorchester A A moves today to its new home in the Columbia building at 684 Columbia road marking four years of growth. The club has expanded membership and aims to provide a first class facility with a dance hall bowling alleys electric lighting steam heat and enhanced training facilities for local athletics.
Lexington High School hockey begins its season this afternoon at 8 on the new rink behind the school. Captain Richard Preston Converse Hill Charles Watt and Raymond Tobin lead the veterans as Lexington hosts Winthrop High in the first of two annual contests. The team travels to Winchester Saturday to face Winchester High School.
Hall of Fame hurler Marquard credits teammates Duckey Holmes with shaping his pitching craft into greatness and crediting the veteran for guidance that boosted his abilities.
Mrs Agnes M Foxhall known theatrically as May Hamilton files for divorce from Leonard D Foxhall former Hotel Rexford bar bowling and billiard manager. They wed in Providence on March 13 1906 and say he disappeared after a long tour return trip three years ago. attempts to locate him failed. A registered letter to his Fall River address was signed for by George A Lake but remained unclaimed.
Rhode Island General Assembly members and state officials rode free on the New York New Haven Hartford line for the last time. A new law takes effect tomorrow requiring state workers to pay regular fares while the Public Utilities Commission may allow exceptions in special cases. Assembly members receive eight cents per mile travel expenses from the state.
James P. Hampton, president of the Worcester National Bank, was found dead in his bed from heart disease. He was 68, survived by his wife and three children.
Independent candidate James A. Jerry Watson wrapped up 1912 electioneering with open air rallies in Dorchester and South Boston. Crowds gathered at Mt. Vernon Dorchester avenue Flood square and Hamilton place as he urged charter changes to reduce nomination hurdles and restore district representation.
Insurance totaling 250000 dollars was paid to Mrs Harry W Fisher widow of Harry W Fisher who was killed at Baldwin Michigan last summer by Otto Auerbach now in Michigan penitentiary Investigators found Mrs Fisher had no involvement in her husband s death and the payments were made by the companies after inquiry
This morning in East Boston court on a MASPCA complaint John Parsons was convicted of killing a cat with an axe. He was fined $15 and posted $100 bonds on appeal.
Indianap olis Ind Dec 31 The 33 dynamite conspirators were sent by special train to Leavenworth Kan bringing the famous case to a new phase Federal Judge Albert B Anderson will decide Thursday morning on motions for a writ of supersedeas and for error by the defense
Judge Seaman of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago will hear Thursday an appeal for writs to halt the Leavenworth imprisonment of 33 men jailed yesterday for sentences ranging from one year and one day to seven years. Wives and relatives left the city after bidding farewell, while union officials McClory and Lewis, active in the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, promised aid to families. The convoy known as the dynamiters' special departed under marshal custody with doors locked to reporters.
George H. Herrick of Chicago, Harvard graduate and Lynn Mass wholesale manager, won a bet by marrying Miss Lida Burns after wooing her from a prompt bet to wed within five years. His five friends will receive round trip tickets to Europe in January.
The Post announces a practical lesson series on singing led by Alma Gluck of the Metropolitan Opera House New York. The first installment appears in next Sunday's issue.
The Western Union Telegraph Company introduces cable letters week end letters and deferred cable messages with lower rates. Cable letters to London and Liverpool: 12 words for 75 cents with next morning delivery. Week end letters: 24 words for $1.15 with Monday delivery. Deferred messages at half regular rates and available where cables are free.
With Dooin Doolan Donlin and Dolan on the same roster the Philadelphia chapter faces a band year as tensions rise among key members and the union rallies for cohesion and planning.
Bombardier Wells prepares to travel to America sooner than expected after learning of Luther McCarthy. The report highlights the anticipated meeting and the potential implications of the交流 between the two figures.
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